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The challenge this year will be biggest in the three states that were found by the Council of Development Finance Agencies to be closest to using their 2018 limits — California, New York and Massachusetts.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority tops the calendar in the first full week of 2020 with about $2.5 billion of bonds and notes.

While the impending signing of a phase one trade deal with China should help the manufacturing sector rebound, Boeing’s decision to halt manufacturing of its 737 MAX will be a short-term negative for the ISM index.

New York City could save up to $400 million through design-build project delivery, the mayor said after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to authorize it.

William Dudley, who used to oversee the Federal Reserve’s interaction with financial markets, said the central bank should introduce a long-discussed but never implemented tool to ensure U.S. cash markets remain calm.

The U.S. and the rest of the industrial world may have to resign themselves to an extended period of slow economic growth, subdued inflation and low interest rates. The trick will be in avoiding something even worse.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered what he called “a relatively upbeat” assessment of the U.S. central bank’s ability to fight the next recession.

Municipal bond buyers have plenty of cash in hand and will have various options as to where to put that money to work.

While members of the Federal Open Market Committee believe monetary policy is in a good place, several factors have the power to change that.

The New Jersey city received a Moody's Investors Service upgrade to Ba3 from B2 as it enters year four of a five-year state takeover period.

Analysts expect Tuesday's $325 million competitive pricing will garner strong demand from investors seeking higher yields.

The Lincoln-Way high school district won a Moody's upgrade to Baa2 ahead of a $23 million refinancing deal.

The Census Bureau’s 3,193,694 estimate for July 1 is 2.6% higher than the Oversight Board predicted for the date in its May 2019 fiscal plan.

Municipals look to be well positioned entering 2020 against a strong backdrop of market technicals and stable credit outlook.

The authority approaches next week’s planned $2.5 billion of issuance buoyed by clearance of its five year, $51.5 billion capital program.

President Trump’s New Year’s Eve announcement that he will sign a phase one trade deal with China will offer some stability to those hurt most by the trade war and should allow the Federal Reserve to keep monetary policy accommodative, according to analysts.

The state's budget and rating momentum may hinge on economic growth, which has not presented a pretty picture.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to focus on protecting Main Street investors in municipal bonds.

Kurt Krummenacker, senior vice president at Moody's, talks about important developments in the active airport sector of the muni bond market. John Hallacy hosts.

Mediation Team Leader Barbara Houser said that mediation has recently been "productive" and should be given more time.